In a case of role reversal in the multicrore realty scam Dreamz Infra has managed to ensure that the CID sleuths probing them are taken to court to face the music and also get a court order to release a luxury car that was seized from them till further orders. Di Disha Choudhury, one of the alleged masterminds along with her former partner Sachin Naik in the Dreamz Infra India realty scam, had approached the first ACJM Court that the CID was keeping her Audi Q7 vehicle in illegal custody.

The court had issued a notice to the CID and had also asked the investigating officials to appear before it on Wednesday. One of the main arguments laid down by the investigators to not release the vehicle was that it will have an adverse impact on hundreds of duped customers if one of the main accused is found driving around in an Audi car. However, the court was not impressed and ordered for the release of the vehicle to Disha Choudhury.

“The vehicle was initially seized in connection with TGS real estate case, another realty scam involving her former partner Sachin Naik. But it has been officially registered under Dreamz firm’s Managing Director so we seized it again in connection with the ongoing probe into the Dreamz Infra scam,” said CID sources. Sachin Naik and Choudhury were arrested in connection with the Dreamz Infra India Ltd in which hundreds of people were cheated on the pretext of availing affordable housing. Naik is also involved in two other major scams with another partner Mandeep Kaur, the TGS and Gruha Kalyan scams.

The CID had been handling these three cases with a cumulative worth of over RS 1,000 crore cheated from their customers. As part of the probe they had seized four luxury cars including one Audi Q7, Audi Q3, Mercedes Benz and a Maruti Baleno. CID officials claimed that the Audi Q7 was being used by Disha Choudhury along with the Benz before the company tanked. The Audi car was initially shown as property recovered in connection with the TGS scam and was later released after the CID included it in their property list to be auctioned and recovered in due process.

Meanwhile both Disha Choudhury and Sachin Naik also managed to get bail in all 82 cases that were registered against them. The CID seized the Audi car again a couple of weeks back and claimed that it was being done in connection with the DReamz scam probe. “We informed court that we have seized the vehicle in connection with the Dreamz case and not in the old case.

But the court ordered for the vehicle to be released as the main accused in all three cases were the same people,” sources added. The CID is preparing preliminary chargesheet against Naik, Choudhury and Kaur. They are also planning to approach the High Court challenging the lower court’s bail order for Naik and Choudhury. They have also identified as many as 16 properties registered under their names to be auctioned and proceedings to be handed over to their duped customers under court supervision.

Scam finds a home» Real estate company Dreamz Infra Ltd. failed to hand over flats it had promised to the customers on time» Many had paid between Rs 5-20 lakh as advance amount to the real estate firm» Its projects were named Dreamz Saakar and Dreamz Sneha, but the company took out ads three years ago about the projects» Company’s managing director Disha Choudhury had allegedly promised a refund in case the construction didn’t start on time» After customers saw the flats were not materialising, they started filing FIRs against the firm owners. At least 23 FIRs were filed

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